The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-10-27
WHOLE NO. 1855
Railroad NOscS.

hSalirO;Jd NOsCS.
Last Monday was payday on thccon-
tractors estimates, the disbursements
being made at Smith & Ripley's office
in Charlotte, An old contractor re-
marked in our presence the other day
that the Charleston, Cincinnati and
Chicago payments pn work are made
more promptly and with less delay
than ON any new road with which he
has been connected.
Griffin & Gorton have commenced
work IN earnest on the deep cut in
Latta's field, jusy south Of town and
near the intersection with the chester
and Lenior Railroad They are now
moving the dirt in cars mounted on
an iron track, and making percopti.
bic progress on the heaviest part Of
their contract
Capt Ramsaur's engineering corps
has been ordered to Rutheriordton, n.
c., and he is now perlecting the loca-
ton between that town and Marion,
the contract for grading and trestling
which has been taken 10y Col p, p.
Dickinson.
The citizens OF the town OF Edge
field have subscribed twenty-five hun
dred dollars to augment the bond sub
scription voted for the Augusta divis.
ion.
A meeting OF the shareholders was
held in Charleston last Thursday, the
object being the annu0l election Of di-
rectors and president. Col. Frank
Coke, of Philadelphia, presided, and
Col, R. A, johnson, of Boston, general
manager of the Massachusetts and
Southern Construction Company, was
requested to act as secretary in the
absence Of H. X. Baker. The shares
represented either in person or by
proxy number 13,035, the number oI
shares of record being 21, ,414, The
E number OF directors being fixed at
thirteen for the ensuing year, an cleo
ton was held and the following gen
> tlemen were ehosen Frank Coke
Philadelphia, Pa; Richard Dozier
Georgetown, S, c.; NJ. G, Butler
Edgefeld, S. G. James D. Blanding
b Sumter S. c.; Henry X. Baker
) Springfield Mass. j, 7. Wilder, Chat
tanooga, Tenn. P. P. Dickinson, New
) York city Peter j. Sinclair, Marion
N, c.; H. D. Lee, Shelby, N. C.; "
e L. Roddey, Rock Hill, S. c.; Damon
f N. Coates. New York city; E.
4 Brewster, Hartford Conn; VIM, T
K Calender, Springfield, Mass. Th
foregoing directors are all re.eect
ed officers. The directors subse
, quently met and elected Col Franl
= Coke president for the next year
YolkpiHe Enquirer
The Bugie is reliably informed tha
the long-deierred and oft-promise,
boom, the Three C's. railroad to Mari
. on, is thing Of the near future. Th
:, engineering corps under Capt Ram
= saur are now locating the route. TIL
trestle work for eight miles is unde
1t contract, and Col ?. P. Dickensol
t has the entire contract for grading,
G. part OF which he has already sub L
e to Messrs Hampton & Co, the fir,
d contractors on the 8 C's. road and VIII
did much Of the grading betwee
Rutherfordton and Shelby. We hea
y they are now hauling out and station
n ing their implements and carts alon
,, the line, 50 that we may sanguinel
expect that dirt will begin to bet throw
5r forthwith and Immediately. SO tn;
1T all doubts that any of our denizer
may have entertained about the col
struction OF this railroad to Marion G
OF apprehensions Of its detection b
e. M0rgantOn may now vanish as mi
ri before the rising sun,-Narion Bu0i